--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: af4ee Site location: 34.7884 North / 82.6962 West (34° 47' 18" N / 82° 41' 46" W) Ground elevation: 1030.18 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1050.18 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 92.98 feet Distance to kj4ght: 8.37 miles Azimuth to kj4ght: 355.64 degrees Elevation angle to kj4ght: +0.1605 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kj4ght Site location: 34.9092 North / 82.7074 West (34° 54' 32" N / 82° 42' 26" W) Ground elevation: 1200.79 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1220.79 feet AMSL Distance to af4ee: 8.37 miles Azimuth to af4ee: 175.64 degrees Depression angle to af4ee: -0.2817 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Longley-Rice path calculation parameters used in this analysis: Earth's Dielectric Constant: 15.000 Earth's Conductivity: 0.005 Siemens/meter Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units): 301.000 ppm Frequency: 146.520 MHz Radio Climate: 5 (Continental Temperate) Polarization: 1 (Vertical) Fraction of Situations: 50.0% Fraction of Time: 60.0% Transmitter ERP: 35 Watts ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between af4ee and kj4ght: Free space path loss: 98.37 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 106.91 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 8.53 dB Field strength at kj4ght: 59.11 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 241.57 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 295.86 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kj4ght must be raised to at least 1626.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kj4ght must be raised to at least 547.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.